Instruction manual

10
Cable Connections
When KONA 3G is installed in an Apple desktop computer, it connects to the outside world via
either the standard cable set supplied with the board, or the optional
K3G-Box Breakout Box (using the cables and directions supplied with it). Use the cables or the
optional Breakout Box to connect your VTR, input and output sources, and external reference
video (genlock).
Using the Standard
Cables
KONA 3G offers you complete I/O connectivity choices. One cable provides AES/EBU digital
BNC connections and analog monitoring video connections. The other cable has 4 mini-
connectors on one end, and 4 BNCs on the other, and provides SDI connections for both
single link and dual-link SD/HD SDI/HSDL connections. Cable connections are marked on
both the KONA 3G card endplate and on the cable connectors for easy identification.
Using The Breakout
Box
The KONA 3G Breakout Box attaches to the KONA 3G card via cables supplied with it that
attach to the back of the Box.
For additional functionality, the K3G-Box Breakout Box provides some features not present in
the standard break-out cables: 16 BNC AES output, 2 channel RCA analog audio monitoring,
and looping BNC Genlock reference connectors.
About BNC and
Mini-Connectors
Although most video professionals are used to BNC connectors, you may not have seen them
if you've been using primarily prosumer video equipment. BNC connectors ensure a positive
connection by the act of locking the connectors together via pins in one connector that fit
into slots in the corresponding connector.
To make a BNC connection, slide the cable connector over the panel connector and then
when seated, rotate the barrel of the cable connector 90° clockwise until the connectors are
locked together. When properly locked, the cable cannot accidentally be pulled out.
10-bit 4:2:2 1080PsF 23.98Hz/fps 133 478
8-bit 4:2:2 1080PsF 23.98Hz/fps 100 358
10-bit 4:2:2 720P 59.94Hz or fps 133 478
8-bit 4:2:2 720P 59.94Hz or fps 100 358
10-bit 4:4:4 1080PsF 23.98Hz/fps 199 717
10-bit 4:4:4 1080PsF 25Hz/fps 207 746
8-bit 4:2:2 1080i 59.94Hz/29.97fps 124 448
8-bit 4:2:2 1080i 50Hz/25fps 104 373
8-bit 4:2:2 1080PsF 23.98Hz/fps 100 358
8-bit 4:2:2 720P 59.94Hz or fps 100 358
2K Formats
10-bit 4:4:4 2048x1556PsF 23.98fps 306 1100
10-bit 4:4:4 2048x1080PsF 23.98fps 212 764
MB = MegaBytes
GB = GigaBytes
FORMAT
Data Rate in
MB/sec
Storage
Requirement in
GB/Hour